Objective: Analysis of 32 cases of magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of chronic alcoholic encephalopathy, explore the value of mri in the diagnosis of chronic alcoholic encephalopathy. Materials and methods: a retrospective on February 2003-2013 2 menstrual clinical diagnosis of chronic alcoholic encephalopathy paralel mri image analysis of 32 cases of patients. Results: chronic alcoholic encephalopathy image can show the different degree of brain atrophy and degeneration of brain white matter. Conclusion: the magnetic resonance imaging of chronic alcoholic encephalopathy have obvious change.